Economic Theory Seminars Fall 2010

Fridays, 4:10-5:30pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206

Questions? Contact Jang-Ting Guo.

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE NAME TITLE OF PRESENTATION
9/24/2010 Richard Suen, UCR Concave Consumption Function under Borrowing Constraints
10/1/2010 Zuzana Janko, San Francisco State University Dynamic Small Open Economy Model with Involuntary Unemployment
10/7/2010* Ping Wang, Washington University at St. Louis

*NOTE: Thursday

Institutional and Organizational Development
10/8/2010 Ping Wang, Washington University at St. Louis Trade, Urbanization and Capital Accumulation in a Labor Surplus Economy
10/15/2010 Xiangbo Liu, UCR Dynamic Effects of Skilled and Unskilled Immigration
10/22/2010 Steve Levkoff, UCR Boundary Problems with the “Russell” Graph Measure of Technical Efficiency: A Refinement
10/29/2010 Shankha Chakraborty, University of Oregon Childhood Morbidity and the Transition to Modern Economic Growth
11/5/2010 Chandler Lutz, UCR Agent Sentiment and Stock Market Predictability 
11/12/2010 Waner Grace Gu, UCR Foreign Direct Investment, Growth and the Environment: A Pollution-Generating Production Frontier Approach
11/19/2010 Peter Rupert, UC Santa Barbara Revisiting Wage, Earnings, and Hours Profiles
11/26/2010 Thanksgiving NO SEMINAR
12/3/2010 Selahattin Imrohoroglu, Marshall School of Business – University of Southern California Social Security, Benefit Claiming and Labor Force Participation:  A Quantitative General Equilibrium Approach